Sometimes it appears that individuals like Kayleigh McEnany have everything: fame, a prominent career, and a gorgeous family.
However, appearances can be deceptive.
This was disclosed in an exclusive excerpt from McEnany’s new book, which does not go on sale until May 2 but was shared by The Daily Mail on Wednesday.
The title of the publication is “Serenity in the Storm: Living Through Chaos by Leaning on Christ.”
In it, McEnany described the difficulties she faced in conceiving her second child, Nash, who was born in November.
In contrast to her first pregnancy with Blake, who is now 3 years old, which occurred “relatively quickly,” things did not go as anticipated when she and her husband decided in the summer of 2021 to start a new family.
“Several months passed, and negative pregnancy tests were ample. As spring of 2022 approached, part of me began to worry. Why wasn’t I getting pregnant? I attempted to overcome worry by leaning on faith,” the Fox News staffer, who hosts “Outnumbered,” wrote.
.@DailyMail published an early excerpt from my book about my second pregnancy, which didn't come as easy as my first. It was a great learning lesson and faith journey for us.
As I wrote, "'For millions of women, struggles with pregnancy occur for far longer than a few months,…
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) April 20, 2023
After an acquaintance gave her a copy of Mark Batterson’s “Draw the Circle: The 40-Day Prayer Challenge,” McEnany began to apply what she had learned.
“As I tried to pray with expectation, Satan did his best to infiltrate with worry, doubt, and frustration,” she wrote.
McEnany stated that she was “overcome with worry” about her inability to conceive by the time she traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in March 2022 to speak at the Extraordinary Women Conference.
She stated that, to make matters worse, it appeared that all of her acquaintances were announcing their own pregnancies.
The music and other elements of the Tulsa conference helped her regain her focus on God, thereby alleviating some of her sorrow.
She shared her struggle with Kathy Sparks Lesnoff, the CEO of pro-life Mosaic Pregnancy and Health Centers, not long afterward.
“[W]ithout hesitation, Kathy asked if she could pray over me. I agreed, and right there at our dinner table, Kathy and I bowed our heads while she said a heartfelt prayer for God to bless me with a child,” McEnany said.
‘”The last time I said a prayer like this, God blessed the young woman with twins!” Lesnoff warned her after they prayed.
McEnany was undeterred. “I smiled from ear to ear at the thought!” she recalled.
They were not alone in praying this supplication. McEnany prayed for a child with her spouse when she returned home, and she later discovered that her father’s Bible study was doing the same.
Three days later, she performed a pregnancy test at home, and then a second one, just to be sure. Both were favorable.
McEnany and Gilmartin announced Nash’s birth in December, and the rest is history.
.@GilmartinSean & I are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Nash! What a truly joyful time. God has blessed us immensely! pic.twitter.com/HOGh5jsFPP
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) December 1, 2022
McEnany acknowledged that many women wait significantly longer than she did to become pregnant, and some never do.
“Why did God answer my prayers?” she asked. “I do not have an answer, for we will never know God’s mysteries in full while here on earth.”
However, she attributes the gift in its entirety to God.
“What a truly joyful time,” she posted on Twitter. “God has blessed us immensely.”